Epic poem · 1899

Maha-bharata

The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse

by Vyasa

Translated by Romesh Chunder Dutt (1899)

Romesh Chunder Dutt's condensed English rendering of the great Sanskrit epic of the Kuru and Pandava war, in twelve books of rhymed couplets, from the tournament at Hastina to the sacrifice of the horse. Published by J. M. Dent and Co., Aldine House, London, 1899.

Contents · 13 parts

• Book I: The Tournamentabout 270 lines
• Book II: The Bride's Choiceabout 300 lines
• Book III: The Imperial Sacrificeabout 290 lines
• Book IV: The Fatal Diceabout 290 lines
• Book V: Woman's Loveabout 410 lines
• Book VI: Cattle-Liftingabout 290 lines
• Book VII: The Preparationabout 330 lines
• Book VIII: Fall of Bhishmaabout 440 lines
• Book IX: Fall of Dronaabout 430 lines
• Book X: Fall of Karnaabout 370 lines
• Book XI: Funeral Ritesabout 240 lines
• Book XII: Sacrifice of the Horseabout 170 lines
• Conclusion28 lines

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